THE CHAPTER THAT TROTTY DID N’T PRINT. 161

“QO, it’s put away,” said Lill; ‘ we got through some time
ago. Who’d you see out riding?”

“0,” said Trotty, diverted for the instant, “TI saw old
Mrs. Bangs—or else it was young Mrs. Binney. I never
can tell those two apiece. She gave me some awful dry car-
rywo seeds. How much did you print? lLet’s see the
book.”

“O,I can’t go up and get it now,” said Lill. “ Never
mind!”

“ Well,” said Trotty, “ it does n’t make much difference, I
s’pose. I don’t know ve stories apiece, either, very well yet.
Has Merle been over?”

“No,” said Lill.

Trotty forgot about the story-book, and began to think of
Merle.